Frederick W. Lander

Frederick William Lander (17 February 1821-2 March 1862) was a Union Army Brigadier-General during the American Civil War.

Biography
Frederick William Lander was born in Salem, Massachusetts in 1821, and he worked as a surveyor, creating a road from Wyoming to Oregon in 1859. He joined the US Army at the start of the American Civil War in 1861, serving as an aide to George B. McClellan and serving on the staff of Thomas A. Morris at the battles of Philippi and Rich Mountain. During the war, he became a notable poet, and he came to lead a division in the Army of the Potomac which guarded the upper Potomac River. He died of pneumonia in Paw Paw, West Virginia in 1862.